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HARD WICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



Darkling Spiders, 12, 46, 152, 215. 

 Defensive Resources of British Insect*, 



248. 

 Deiupeia pitlchella at Brighton, Sec, 234, 



23y, 262, 277. 

 Descent of Man, 1 12, 143. 

 Desmids, New British, 44. 

 Destruction of Plants by Goats, 70. 

 Devon, Zante Currants in, 1 14. 

 Diamonds, South African, 11. 

 Diatomacere, British, 68, 188. 

 Diatoms, Cleaning:, 105. 

 Dipterous Larva? under Tortoise-shell, 41. 

 Dissecting; Microscope, New, 44, 68. 

 Dog and Monkey, 41 . 

 Dog, a Street, 223. 

 Dogs and Eggs, 283. 

 Dogs and Fruit, 263, 283. 

 Dogs, Entozoa in the Heart of, 1S4. 

 Dolomitic Conglomerate, Fossils of the, 



93, 143. 

 Dos a Dos, 71. 

 Double Campanula. 180. 

 Double Orange, 106. 

 Dragon-flies in the Metropolis, 17, 40. 

 Dredge, Naturalists', 143. 

 Dried Flowers, Preserving Colours of, 



279- 

 Duck's Egg, Gigantic, 262. 

 Duration of Pupa State, 112. 



Early Appearance of the Clckoo, 



111. 

 Early Gardeners, 10, 43. 

 Early Visitors, 113. 

 Earthquakes, Law of, 40. 

 Earthworms, IIS, 142, 143, 166, 167, 1S9, 



212, 202. 

 Earwigs, 94, 116, lig. 

 Echinodermata, 45. 



Echinodermata, Pedicellaria; of, 42, 1 19. 

 Eel-pout, 20, 30. 



Eels in Paste, 280. 



Eggar Moth, the Small, 90, 113, 11 6, 16.5, 



213, 237, 257, 263. 



Eggar Moth, the Oak, 213, 238, 262. 



Egg, Double, 118. 



Egg of the Kestrel, 237, 262. 



Eggs, 207, 262. 



Eggs, Dogs and, 283. 



Eggs, Formation of, 21. 



Eggs, Hunting for Insects', 32. 



Eggs of Lepidoptera, 70, 93, 94. 



Eggs, Tortoise, 2n8, 263. 



Elecampane, 129. 



Electric Stockings, 45, 69. 



Elephant Parasite, 131, 185, 211, 234. 



Elm, the, 91. 



English Herbs as substitutes for Gentian, 



116. 

 English Mocking-birds, 153. 

 Entomological Season of 18/1 , 208. 

 Entozoa, 208. 



Entozoa in the Heart of Dogs, 184. 

 Ergotized Grass, 279. 

 Errata, 239, 262, 277. 

 Errors, Popular, 70, 92, 93, 11 7. 

 European Birds in New Zealand, 209. 

 Everlasting Flowers. 239. 

 Exchange Club for Botanical Specimens, 



96, 114, 117. 

 Extraordinarv Positions for Bird's Nest, 



161. 

 Eyestones, 21, 46, 69, 89, 93, 95. 

 Eye, the Human, 31. 



Facts, the Year-hook of, 71. 

 Fasciation in (Enothera biennis, 186. 

 Field Club for South-west London, 92, 



116. 

 Field Clubs, 263, 283. 

 Fiery-crested Wren, the, 88. 

 Firefly in Canada, 232. 

 Fishes, how they breathe, 257. 

 Fish in the Jordan, 166, 189, 213. 

 Fish Scales, 20, 44, 140, 164, lss, 236, 260, 



280. 

 Fish, Subterranean, 112. 

 Fish-tail Hairs of Humble-bee, 140. 

 Flea, Gizzard of the, 93. 

 Flea, Parasites in the Interior of a, 88. 

 Flea, the, 155. 

 Fleas! Fleas! 07, 155, 

 Flies, Plague of, 238. 



Flies, Tennyson on, 282. 



Flint Flakes, machine-made, 190. 



Floral Stars, 210, 239. 



Floras, Local, 163, 187, 212, 214, 259, 279, 



Flowers and Birds, 63. 



Flowers and Insects, 258, 2S2. 



Flowers, Language of, 91. 



Flowers, Preserving Colours of dried, 



279. 

 i Flowers, Variations in Colour of Wild, 



270. 

 ] Folk-Lorc, 213. 

 Food of Spiders in Dark Cellars, 215. 

 Food of the Weasel, 42. 

 Forest, a Tropical, 94. 

 Forest Fires in the United States, 70. 

 Formation of the Hen's Egg, 21. 

 Fossil Oolitic Plants, 157, 212. 

 Fossil Plant known as Calamite, 202. 

 Fossils of the Dolomitic Conglomerate, 



93, 143. 

 Foulkes's Cement, 142. 

 Fox-moth Larvae, 263, 276, 283. 

 Fox-moth, the, 276. 

 Freshwater Molluscs, 89. 

 Frog, Lung of the, 92, 120. 

 Fungi, Handbook of, 188. 

 Fungi, Luminous, 69, 91, 118. 

 Fungi, Microscopic, 236. 

 Funci, Polymorphic, 43. 

 Fungus, the Candle-snuff, 77. 

 Fungus Theory, the, 23. 

 Furness Abbey, 210. 

 Furze Mites, 236. 



Gardeners, Early, 10, 43. 



Garden Oracle, 47. 



Gas Lantern, Objective for, 68. 



Gentian, 91, 119, 139, 143. 



Gentian. English Herbs as substitutes 

 for, 116. 



Geology Prize Competition, 274. 



Germinating Apple, 279. 



Gigantic Duck-egg, 262. 



Gill of Swordfish, 136. 



Gipsy Moth, 215. 



Gizzard of the Flea, 93. 



Glass Windows, Hawks and, 238. 



Glow-worm Light, 207. 



Gntiphalium, 239. 



Gnat, the, 108, 162, 191. 



Gnat, the Plumed, 18. 



Goat-moth, the, 225. 



Goats, Destruction of Plants by, 70. 



Golden Oriole, the, 15S, 258. 



Gold-fish, 237. 



Goldilocks, 19. 



Good little Robin, 207. 

 I Good Microscopes, 68. 

 I Goose, Canada, 156. 

 I Goose, Longevity of the, 112, 167. 

 J Gorgoniadm, 52,92, 112. 



Gossip about Locusts, 79. 



Grass, Ergotized, 279. 



Grasses, Preserving, 261. 



Grayling, Scales of the, 104. 



Great Bustard, the, 42, 66. 



Great Take of Honey, 282. 

 I Gregories, 47, 71. 

 ! Griffithsia corallina, 215. 

 . Guests of Ants, 231. 



Hairs of Plants, S3, 204. 



Hairs of Sundew, 204. 



Hair-tail, 17, 88, 113. 



Hairy Caterpillar, Transformation of, 65, 



95.' 

 Handbook of British Fungi, 188, 226. 

 Hawfinch, 137, 184, 212, 213, 239, 202. 

 Hawk at Fault, 207. 

 Hawks, 159. 



Hawks and Glass Windows, 238. 

 Hawthorn in August, 210. 

 Heartsease, 43, 163, 165, 191. 

 Hemp Agrimony, 116, lSy. 

 Henbane, 43. 



Hen, Recollections of a, 282. 

 Hermit Crab, the, 64. 

 Hills and Valleys, 255. 

 Hippopotamus, a Baby, 88. 

 Histology, 201. 



Hollyberries, Woodcocks and, 69. 

 Homegrown Can-ants, 67. 



Home of the Swallow-tail, 80. 

 Honey, Great Take of, 282. 

 Horned British Caterpillars, 193. 

 Hornet-sting, 143. 

 How Fishes breathe, 257. 

 Human Eye, the, 31. 

 Hunting for Insects' Eggs, 32. 

 Hydra, 92. 

 Ilysteriacei, the, 281. 



Ice in the Tropics, 28. 



Idolocoris elephantis, 131, 185, 211,234. 



Illustrations of Mycology, 159. 



In a Tank, 22. 



India, British Butterflies in, 209. 



Infusoria from Anemones, ] 15, 142. 



Insectariums, Public, 190, 231. 



Insect Life, Abundance of, in the Tropics, 



66. 

 Insect Life, Observations on, 23. 

 Insects and Flowers, 258, 282. 

 Insects at Bath, 229. 

 Insects, Catalogues of, 13S. 

 Insects, Defensive Resources of British, 



248. 

 Insects' Eggs, Hunting for, 32, 94. 

 Insects' Scales, Structure of, 44. 

 Insects, Shower of, 165. 

 Insects, Volition in, 22. 

 Insect Vivariums, 267. 

 Instinct, Natural, 65. 

 Introductions, New, 10, 95. 

 Ireland's Collecting-case, 125. 

 Ireland, Trichiurus in, 113. 

 Is the Landrail a Bird of Passage ? 45, 70, 



71,90,9-1. 



Jelly-fishes, British, 237. 



Jet, 117. 



Jet, a Piece of, What it had to say, "3. 



Jordan, Fish in the, 166, 189, 213. 



Kestrel, my, 62, 88. 

 Kestrel's Egg, 237, 262. 

 Kindness to Animals, 136. 

 Kingfisher, the, 34. 



Labels for Mosses, 22. 



Laburnum, 46. 



Ladybird, Local Name for, 212. 



Landrail, the, Is it a Bird of Passage : 



45, 70, 71, 90. 94. 

 Language of Flowers, 91. 

 Larch Blossoms, 139. 

 Large Pear, a, 67, 

 Large Tortoiseshell Butterfly, 234. 

 Large Wood-ant, 198. 

 Larks as Song-birds, 105. 

 Lark, the, 245. 

 Larva? ot Cockchafer, 184. 

 Larvae of Fox-moth, 263, 276, 277, 283. 

 Lnstrcea cristata, 2/9. 

 Law of Earthquakes, 40. 

 Lead, Sounding, 117. 

 Leaves, Monstrous, 279. 

 Leaves, Skeleton, 252. 

 Lenses, Correction of, 1 17. 

 Lepidoptera, Eggs of, 70, 93, 94. 

 Leporids, 17. 



Lite beneath the Waves, 220. 

 Life, Origin of, 211. 

 Light of the Glow-worm, 2117. 

 Lignite, the Story of a Piece of, 1 45. 

 Lime Deposit in Boilers, 23, 47. 

 Lirnneu glabra, 17. 

 Limnea glutintsa, 230. 

 Liparis dispar, 215. 

 Loach, Scales of, 280. 

 Local Floras, 163, 187, 212, 214, 259, 279. 

 Local Name for Ladybird, 212. 

 Locomotion of Crass, 05. 

 Locust Gossip, 79. 

 Locust Ravages, 47. 

 Locust-tree, 259. 

 London Botanical Exchange Club, 96, 



114, 117. 

 London, Field Club for South-west, 92 



116. 

 Longevity of the Goose, 112, 1O7. 

 Loose-strife, 19, 47. 

 Lotus, the, 19, 118, 142, 166. 



